Green-fingered folk in the North East are being encouraged to collect and save seeds ahead of this year’s Seedy Sunday – a gardening, food and drink festival.

The annual event will be held on Sunday, March 18 at Aden Country Park in Mintlaw. The festival will feature speakers offering advice, tours, workshops and demonstrations on cookery and horticulture and lots of fun activities and workshops for children.

Organisers of the event have already distributed thousands of seed packets throughout the area.

Free seed packets are available from the Aden Craft and Gift shop, Buchan Tools, Buchan Development Partnership, Aden Allotment Association or can be sent out directly from Buchan Development Partnership. Seedy Sundays will take place from 11am and 4pm.